I'm just wondering, why is it that they are so reluctant to impose a high ethical standard to itself?

AI truly is a game-changing tool, and we need to get the regulation of this tool right.

Aloha, and thank you very much for the opportunity to testify today on your fiscal year 2024 NDAA.

The NDS, of course, identifies the People's Republic of China as our most consequential strategic [competitor], our pacing challenge, and an opponent to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

As we head towards artificial general intelligence and the impact that will have and the power of that technology, I think we need to treat that as seriously as we treat other very powerful technologies.

I can't envision or imagine right now what kind of a licensing scheme we would be able to create to pretty much regulate the vastness of this game-changing tool.

I think that, based on what I'm hearing today, don't you think that we're probably going to need to do a heck of a lot more than to focus on what use AI is being used for?

I cannot accept the consequences to Hawaii or, for that matter, to Guam, to the CNMI, to Arkansas, to Washington, to Oregon, to California.

The PRC remains the world's worst environment for Internet freedom.

AI truly is a game-changing tool, and we need to get the regulation of this tool right.

If you want to find out what China is actually doing in the countries of the Pacific, and around the globe, for that matter, please read President Panuelo's letter, I recommend it to any of you.

The top three jurisdictions with large compact populations: Hawaii, Guam, and the CNMI, had $1.8 billion in compact impact consequence.

I support the compacts, I support their re-negotiation, I think they are critical to our national security.

I hope we can all stipulate at this point that the PRC is actively, consciously, and very deliberately expanding its influence across not just the compact countries, but the entire Pacific, all of the jurisdictions of the Pacific, and that…

I think it's really important that we understand how achieved partnerships are compared to these weapon systems.

These big investments are important but it's the taking care of the people as though they are true partners that I think makes the difference.

I think it's really important that we understand how achieved partnerships are compared to these weapon systems.

These big investments are important but it's the taking care of the people as though they are true partners that I think makes the difference.